Briefs: Hampton

HAMPTON - Hampton police are seeking information concerning the person or persons who have burglarized the Disabled American Veterans thrift store, 4209 W. Mercury Blvd., three times since April.

Police believe the same people were involved in the crimes, because in each case the burglars smashed a window on the east side of the building to enter.

The string of burglaries began after the store closed on April 5. A safe containing money and receipts was taken in that break-in, Detective Lt. Ed Davis said.

The thief or thieves apparently returned after 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, when they tried to steal money from the cash register in the manager's office but did not succeed.

On Oct. 19, burglars took a Sentry safe after breaking the window, police said.

Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to call Hampton Crime Line at 722-9800. Crime Line will pay a cash reward for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction.

PENINSULA CHAMBER HONORS SEGALOFF

DAILY PRESS - Walter S. Segaloff has been selected by the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce as its 1994 Distinguished Citizen.

Segaloff has long been a leader on the Peninsula in civic affairs, the business community and the Jewish community, the chamber said. Most recently, his program for disadvantaged children, An Achievable Dream, was assigned its own magnet school at Dunbar-Erwin Elementary School in Newport News.

Segaloff will be honored at the chamber's annual installation dinner and dance Dec. 2 at the Omni Newport News Hotel.

(MAN IS SOUGHT IN TUESDAY RAPE

WILLIAMSBURG - Williamsburg police are looking for a man accused of raping anacquaintance at the Fairway Inn on Tuesday night.

Tyrone Watkins, 27, overpowered the 18-year-old victim, who was visiting Watkins but did not want to have sex with him, said Investigator Jay Sexton.

Watkins' last known address was the Fairway Inn. He moved out the next day, Sexton said. Williamsburg police would offer a reward of up to $1,000 for information that would help find him, Sexton said.)